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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 63. Of unnatural practises against ones self.
§. 63. Of vnnaturall practises against ones selfe.
1. The practise of the idolatrous Baalites, who to move their I doll to hear them, cut themselves with knives and lancers, till 1the blood gushed out upon them. Not much unlike to whom are Popish Hermits, Anchorites, Monks flagellants, Grandimontenses, sundry sorts of Franciscans, and other Friars, whereof 2some wear shirts of hair-cloth, some shirts of mail next their body, some go bare-foot, some daily whip themselves till blood follow, and some waste their bodies with lying hard, watching, fasting, going on pilgrimage, &c.